NY COLONY

New Netherlands, a Dutch colony, became New York, an English colony.

• True
• False

What is the main work for many colonists?

• Farming

• Ironworking

• Businesses

Colonists families make their own what?

• clothes, furniture, and tools

• clothes, furniture, and food

• clothes, furniture, and weapons

Colonists need to be what?

• independent

• dependent

• adventurous

What is the term where many colonists meet others to discuss ideas and news?

• town meeting

• general meeting

• city hall

At the town meeting, what do they discuss?

• To pass laws, set taxes to help schools, and select delegates

• To pass laws, set taxes to help hospitals, and select delegates

• To pass laws, set taxes to help schools, and vote for delegates

Who was Peter Stuyvesant?

• Director General of the Dutch New Netherland Colony
• A Quaker, who founded Pennsylvania
• stood trial for printing criticism of NY governor
• Enlightened thinker who believed that people had natural rights that the government could not take away

Name an example that of a job a colonial woman would have

• Making candles
• Working in the factory
• Overseeing the slaves in the field

Import means...

• To buy a product from another country.

• To sell a product to another country.

• Trade a product with another country.

Export means...

• To buy a product from another country.

• To sell a product to another country.

• To trade a product with another country.